Cagayan de Oro, Philippines News

CAGAYAN DE ORO. Fire fighters contain the fire that raze Granex Oil Mill. The fire starts inside a warehouse which contain tons of dried copra for processing.

ON SUNDAY, May 19, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the coming down of the Holy Spirit over the Apostles and the entire church of Jerusalem.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said the results of the May 13 elections which showed strong support for the Aquino government is a strong indication of similar people's backing to government's reform agenda.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY The flag-officer-in-command of the Philippine Navy visited the largest infantry division in Mindanao over the weekend and pinned medals to wounded marine soldiers in Camp Edilberto Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City.

A "HABAL-HABAL" driver was shot dead along Narra St. in Reyes Village subdivision, Barangay Bugo in Cagayan de Oro City Saturday night.

THE success of Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno in thrashing the empire created by Vicente Emano in Cagayan de Oro is just one of the few developments in the local elections in Mindanao, as a greater picture, and how possibly the majority of the people think and decide whom to vote in this age of much recent technology.

Mayor Vicente Emano says this in television news report when asked how he takes the big blow on his political career after he loses the mayoralty bid in the city against Misamis Oriental governor Oscar Moreno in the May 13 elections.

Finally we got rid in our city of a political kingpin and a notorious vote-buyer. I myself could not cast my vote in the elections because I am still considered to be a foreigner despite my having worked in the Philippines for over 50 years for the welfare of our nation.

TOPPING the recent 2013 Criminologist Board exam never crossed Xian Hilot Gaje's mind.

The Commission on Elections said Emano got 190,986 votes compared to his rival, Vice Governor Norris Babiera, who garnered only 170,321 votes.

THREE days after the elections, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections has yet to receive more election returns from the Commission on Elections to do its parallel count.

A combination of community issues centered on his handling of the Typhoon Sendong relief efforts ended the magic of Mayor Vicente Emano, whose political dominance in this city and the province of Misamis Oriental spanned more than three decades.

MISAMIS Oriental gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Vice Governor Norris Babiera conceded Tuesday afternoon after his opponent Rep.

IT'S summer time once again and beer market leader San Miguel Brewery Inc. has brought fun and adventure on a higher level as they add the "Wildest Pulutan Challenge" onstage game to their weekly battle of the bands all throughout the country in their Sarap Magbabad Taste of Summer this year.

AS of 12:52 a.m. Tuesday, mayoralty bet Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno is leading the race against incumbent Mayor Vicente Emano with Moreno's 69,839 votes over Emano's 57,783. Moreno has been edging by 12, 066 votes.

INSTEAD of official sample ballots, voters will get their voters' information and instruction sheet by personal service, the Commission on Elections said.

Last week, thousands of Malaysians came out on the streets to protest the election results in their country because of alleged cheating by their ruling political coalition.

ONE died while six others were wounded when government troops clashed with members of the New People's Army in Lawit, Gingoog City, early Saturday morning.

The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,542 out of 3,601 passed the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Civil Engineering in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi and Lucena this May 2013.

AROUND 400 volunteers of the National Movement for Free Elections gathered last May 8 for the final orientation and briefing before their field assignments on May 13 elections.